jack
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Upgrade to Baja Expeditioner
I hope this hasn't been mentioned on a previous post. I went to the lbmaps website to see if there was anything new. There is. There is a new Baja
Expeditioner map available that will autoroute.
I purchased the old Baja Expeditioner just before I went to the Baja this year. At $89 I thought it was a little expensive. But, it turned out I
unexpectedly had to go to several places in Ensenada both on the way down and on the way home. The map turned out to be indispensable. The one thing I
wished it would do was to autoroute. Now it does. But I am not prepared to pay $95 for the new version after just buying the old. I contacted lbmaps
and found out that there is an upgrade available for the old Baja Expiditioner for $30 at this site: http://lbmaps.com:80/expeditioner_update.htm
I'll be spending the $30 before my next trip down.
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joel
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Thanks for the information.
I'm still a little confused -- and I've read the LBmaps website: Is the Expeditioner just the same as the Navigator, but has additional features? Or
are they different maps entirely?
I'm happy to spend the extra bucks for the topo, but don't want to have to buy both maps.
Can anyone explain why someone would buy one over the other?
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Roberto
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I have the upgrade - and I can tell you the autoroute feature (at least in Mexicali) is useless because the map is not accurate enough to pinpoint
your location, so you constantly get inaccurate directions.
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joel
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If the autoroute features is not very useful, are there other reasons (other than the topo lines) to upgrade?
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Roberto
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The Expeditioner map has much more data than the Navigator - especially in terms of dirt roads and topo info.
The new Expeditioner is more complete than the old one - not sure if it's worth the upgrade, in retrospect, but it's only $30.
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jack
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Roberto
I have the upgrade - and I can tell you the autoroute feature (at least in Mexicali) is useless because the map is not accurate enough to pinpoint
your location, so you constantly get inaccurate directions. |
That's disappointing to hear. If you get a chance to try it in another city please give us an updated report. You just assume that the autoroute
feature will work as well as Garmins' does.
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Roberto
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Look at it this way - if the map indicates that you are 1/8 miles from where you are, the software cannot route you correctly, because is bases it's
directions on ... where you aren't. 
Make sense?
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GC
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If you have a garmin GPS, make sure you load both Northern Baja and Southern Baja into your unit if you are going south of the state line. I did not
realize that there were two different map sets and I only clicked on the northern part before I left on a trip. I ended up just south of the state
line, trying a different way into San Francisquito with no road or topo information. When we crossed back into Northern Baja, I had all of the
information. I also have the Navigator and I think it is only one map set.
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joel
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GC,
Is there an advantage to having both the Expeditioner and the Navigator maps? If so, what's the difference?
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m12m12
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I just purchased a Garmin 60CSx. Does anyone know if Baja Expeditioner GPS Map 2007 is compatible with this Garmin GPS model?
Thanks,
Fred
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Roberto
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yes
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GC
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Joel, I have not used the expeditioner enough to give you a comparison. The reasons I bought it was that my edition of the LBS map was a couple of
years old and the expeditioner version was recent, and I had ended up on the wrong side of a mountain--hills actually--on an earlier trip and I wanted
to see if the topo info would help. By not downloading the southern part of the map, I did not have the info when I needed it. My GPS is a 60C, and
although I love the unit, I wish it had a larger screen.
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